Chris wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am having some annoying issues with knetworkmanager when I boot my
> laptop. Almost always I need to select my D-Link WBR-2310 router and
> provide my WEP ASCII password. I have configured my linksys pcmcia wifi
> card in yast and supplied the WEP ASCII password as well as the ESSID of
> my router. I have also tried using kwallet.
>
> However, most of the time when I boot up, I have to manually select my
> router out of the list and then supply the WEP ASCII password.
>
> Anyone know how I can configure knetworkmanager/yast to remember that I
> want to automagically connect to my router with my password?
>
> Thanks.
>

Well, I couldn't even get Suse to recongnize my Intel iwp2100 wireless card,
no matter whatever I did. This is not the first time I have had problems
with Suse and wireless. However, in this case, I needed it for my work
laptop and I needed it now. So, I tried Kubuntu and stuck in the live CD
and it picked up my wireless card, no problem. So, it was a no-brainer, I
blew away my Suse installation and installed in Kubuntu.

I have been using Suse since 8.x and now use 10.2, both at home and at work.
So, I was thinking, there are all those Python packages I used - scipy,
numpy etc and I bet Kubuntu does not have them. But they did and they had
them all at one central site. Did not have to go chasing Packman and all
that.

So, I will be using Kubuntu while I am on travel and we'll see. Maybe I'll
just convert all my computers to Kubuntu.

Ken D.

On Sun, 03 Jun 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.suse, in article
, Chris wrote:

>I am having some annoying issues with knetworkmanager when I boot my laptop.
>Almost always I need to select my D-Link WBR-2310 router and provide my WEP
>ASCII password. I have configured my linksys pcmcia wifi card in yast and
>supplied the WEP ASCII password as well as the ESSID of my router. I have
>also tried using kwallet.

Point your news reader at the newsgroup "alt.internet.wireless" (or wander
over to groups.google.com and search there). One thread that may be of
interest was

Newsgroups: alt.internet.wireless
Subject: Cracking WEP in less than 60 seconds
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:59:09 -0700

Actually, one person reported being able to recover typical keys in three
to ten _seconds_ of trivial effort. Yes, this isn't going to solve your
current configuration issues, but you really should not be depending on
the illusionary security of WEP. WPA, or WPA2 is much more secure,
especially when used with 20 characters or more non-dictionary words.
WPA encryption based on a PSK (Pre Shared Key) has been cracked, but
only with weak (either very short or short dictionary words) keys.

Old guy

Moe Trin wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Jun 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.suse, in article
> , Chris wrote:
>
>>I am having some annoying issues with knetworkmanager when I boot my
>>laptop. Almost always I need to select my D-Link WBR-2310 router and
>>provide my WEP ASCII password. I have configured my linksys pcmcia wifi
>>card in yast and supplied the WEP ASCII password as well as the ESSID of
>>my router. I have also tried using kwallet.
>
> Point your news reader at the newsgroup "alt.internet.wireless" (or wander
> over to groups.google.com and search there). One thread that may be of
> interest was
>
> Newsgroups: alt.internet.wireless
> Subject: Cracking WEP in less than 60 seconds
> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:59:09 -0700
>
> Actually, one person reported being able to recover typical keys in three
> to ten _seconds_ of trivial effort. Yes, this isn't going to solve your
> current configuration issues, but you really should not be depending on
> the illusionary security of WEP. WPA, or WPA2 is much more secure,
> especially when used with 20 characters or more non-dictionary words.
> WPA encryption based on a PSK (Pre Shared Key) has been cracked, but
> only with weak (either very short or short dictionary words) keys.
>
> Old guy

I'm actually subscribed to that newsgroup. I also understand about the
inherent weakness with WEP. However, AFAIK, my linksys pcmcia does not
support anything other than WEP. The card is a 802.11b card. I did have a
linksys B router, but it died. I bought the DLink as a replacement but I
have not upgraded my laptop.

For any sensitive work, I always tunnel through my desktop using SSH.


--
Chris

Ken Dere wrote:

> Chris wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having some annoying issues with knetworkmanager when I boot my
>> laptop. Almost always I need to select my D-Link WBR-2310 router and
>> provide my WEP ASCII password. I have configured my linksys pcmcia wifi
>> card in yast and supplied the WEP ASCII password as well as the ESSID of
>> my router. I have also tried using kwallet.
>>
>> However, most of the time when I boot up, I have to manually select my
>> router out of the list and then supply the WEP ASCII password.
>>
>> Anyone know how I can configure knetworkmanager/yast to remember that I
>> want to automagically connect to my router with my password?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Well, I couldn't even get Suse to recongnize my Intel iwp2100 wireless
> card,
> no matter whatever I did. This is not the first time I have had problems
> with Suse and wireless. However, in this case, I needed it for my work
> laptop and I needed it now. So, I tried Kubuntu and stuck in the live CD
> and it picked up my wireless card, no problem. So, it was a no-brainer, I
> blew away my Suse installation and installed in Kubuntu.
>
> I have been using Suse since 8.x and now use 10.2, both at home and at
> work. So, I was thinking, there are all those Python packages I used -
> scipy,
> numpy etc and I bet Kubuntu does not have them. But they did and they had
> them all at one central site. Did not have to go chasing Packman and all
> that.
>
> So, I will be using Kubuntu while I am on travel and we'll see. Maybe
> I'll just convert all my computers to Kubuntu.
>
> Ken D.


Umm, what does this have to do with knetworkmanager?

--
Chris